Does Praetorian Guard play a role on battlefield?
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Does Praetorian Guard play a role on battlefield?
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04-26-2013, 09:50 PM
Quote:Praetorians were first and foremost the bodyguards of the Emperor, Was this not the job of the Equites Singulares Augusti? I agree, that their primary role was not that of a central field-army; at least not until Severus. But to reduce them to bodyguards, doesn't match either.
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